INSTANT MBA: I've Never Had A Good Idea In The Office

Today's advice come from an
AP interview with Martin Franklin, who just stepped down as
CEO of Jarden
Corp. to become the company's executive chairman:

"I’m in the ideas business, and I’ve never had a good idea in the
office. I need to be away from the phone and the hustle and
bustle. I’m going to race across the Sahara for five days in
October, and I’ll be very productive. But will I be sitting
behind a desk pushing paper around? No."

He spends about four days a month at the company headquarters.

"I’ve got to go out and create opportunities for our company, and
that means meeting people who aren’t going to come visit you," he
says.

The most important lesson his father ever taught him was to treat
a janitor with the same level of respect and dignity as you'd
treat a CEO.

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